John Edge
Chief Financial Officer
Visionary and operating executive, John Edge has been at the forefront of innovation in financial markets for over 20 years. He is currently an Operating Partner at Broadhaven Capital Partners, a leading independent investment bank serving the financial services industry.
Executive Data Finance & Brokerage
John Edge has a track record of building, operating and advising companies that seek to disrupt the status quo. He is an expert in the development of Web 3.0 enabled markets and the application of confidential compute in data asset finance. Prior to this focus on decentralized systems, Mr Edge was a FinTech entrepreneur having founded Red Kite Financial Markets, a data analytics company providing regulatory compliance solutions to Capital Markets. Before that, Mr Edge led electronic trading innovation at the capital markets groups of investment banks including J.P. Morgan, Lehman Brothers, and UBS.
- Co-founding and chairing ID2020, a global public-private alliance that aims to solve digital identity challenges using decentralized technologies
- Leading the global strategy and innovation practice at Capco, a consulting firm focused on the financial services sector
- Advising and investing in several fintech startups, such as R3, Chainalysis, Securrency, and Trust Stamp
John Edge is passionate about creating positive social impact through technology. He holds a Master of Business Administration from London Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from University College London